Antique 1940 Acoustic Guitar 16 String Unique Very Rare

by Guitar Fail | Nov 4, 2011 | Classifieds & Ads | 4 comments

Oh, and probably not a guitar anyway ! Ebay is a wonderful place.

Update: Finally, we have a name for this instrument. This a Tremoloa. Check the comments section if you want to know more about the Tremoloa.

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4 Comments

AiXeLsyD13 on November 4, 2011 at 1:01 pm

Looks more like a hammered dulcimer, but not quite… Ha ha.
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- Guitar Fail on November 5, 2011 at 2:31 pm
  
  Yeah… Still don’t know what it is !! 🙂
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  - AiXeLsyD13 on November 6, 2011 at 10:43 pm
    
    Now you do!
    
    …
    
    Yes Eric,
    
    this is a TREMOLOA.
    
    It is not in ATLAS (it is a kind of zither), but you can find it on Greg Miners website :
    http://www.minermusic.com/cc/holly,ivy.htm and http://www.minermusic.com/dolceola/fretless_zithers.htm
    
    and even more here :
    http://www.broadwaymusicco.com/Tremoloa.htm
    
    And with the name searching in Google, you will find much more !
    
    Success and kind regards,
    (mr) Henny de Bruin
    Netherlands
    http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com
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    - Guitar Fail on November 7, 2011 at 12:56 pm
      
      Awesome… Thanks for the information on this weird instrument 🙂
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